Do not include a title page or reference page, but do include your name on p. 1. • Length. The answer to each question can be no longer than 3 single-spaced pages. The total length of your exam therefore should be no more than 9 single-spaced pages. • Number each answer and label each part (e.g., “a,” “b”). • Formatting. Use 1” margins, single-spacing, and 12-point Times New Roman font. • Content. The questions cover readings and materials from the second half of the course, including weeks 8-13. For your answers, develop as full and complete a response as possible, explain your reasoning, and cite sources from the readings, notes, and course materials. Your answers should clearly draw on these to substantiate claims. Edit for content, logic, grammar, spelling, etc. Questions (number each question in your exam file)
(1) [a] What does “profiling” mean in the police context and what challenges exist in measuring and studying it? [b] What factors shape citizen views of the police? [c] What factors shape the professionalism with which police approach interactions with citizens? (Remember to follow the exam instructions.)
(2) [a] What is “legitimacy” in the context of discussing policing? [b] What factors influence police legitimacy? How? [c] What are the effects of legitimacy on policing outcomes? (Remember to follow the exam instructions.)
(3) [a] From the readings on policing in international or global context, describe the contours of a policy, program, or practice that you believe would improve American policing. [b] Develop your argument for how the approach would improve policing. [c] Describe the barriers to the approach being widely adopted and how these barriers might be overcome.